Comments on: Baseball to put a stop to the Yankees' mound meetings — in the offseasonhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2009/11/03/baseball-to-put-a-stop-to-the-yankees-mound-meetings/
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Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:43:09 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9975Very good post. Thanks for sharing.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:06:22 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9974Slanted and Enchanted is easily the best album in their catelog. Other than “Chelsea’s Little Wrists” every song is great.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:33:41 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9973One of the reasons people hate the Yankees is that they make games interminably long.
This has improved since the Joe Torre “institutional rain delay” era, when you could be guaranteed 2-3 “time” calls during each Yankee at-bat and huge amounts of out-of-box time spent adjusting everything that could possibly be adjusted, but holdovers like Posada and Jeter learned the tricks and still use them. They value “grinding out” the game, and feel it “gets the other team out of their rhythm” (“rhythm,” of course, being defined as “any pace that could be described as anything other than ‘excruciatingly slow'”).
What umpires need to do (surprise, surprise!) is enforce the rules currently on the books, which spell out how many and how long players may visit the mound.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:22:50 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9972OK Craig, on this one you have earned your money. Have you raised this question just to see how many comments you can get? This issue is as old as baseball. I go back a long way, and my father talked about this when I was a young boy. You ain’t going to stop this thing unless you put a limit on it as in the regular season. If after two trips to the mound, you have to change the pitcher. Make that a rule for players as well as the bench. That ain’t going to happen soon, so why bring it up?
Shely
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:02 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9971Maybe Bowa’s comments are merely a reflection of his actions when he was manager of the Phillies.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:32:17 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9970Wow, you created a user name just for me… *sheds a tear*
Phillies in 2010, a three-peat would indeed be great but we’ll worry about that next year. PHILLIES IN SEVEN!!! MARK MY WORDS!!!
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:20:11 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9969hey John: Phillies in…. 2010
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:58:18 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9968With every visit to the mound the Yankees are simply trying to prolong the inevitable. PHILLIES IN SEVEN!!! MARK MY WORDS!!!
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:57:54 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9967With every visit to the mound the Yankees are simply trying to avoid the inevitable. PHILLIES IN SEVEN!!! MARK MY WORDS!!!
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:49:35 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9966Posada has a bad shoulder; maybe he’s trying to minimize his throw count.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:52:57 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9965Forget mound visits, why not complain about the absolutely HEINOUS umpiring that has been going on? In more than one game this post-season completely bogus umpiring has effected the outcome of the game. That’s okay though, an extra couple minutes of an inning is muuuuuch worse than an ump completely blowing a safe call at home when the runner was clearly out.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:41:56 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9964I also agree that the number of visits to the mound is utterly ridiculous. I wonder, however, if we have not created our own monster. We all have gotten used to the center field view of the pitcher pitching to the batter, and we all have commented on our opionion of the ump’s strike zone more times that we care to shake a stick at. The technology is so great that we can see the catcher flash through the signs (although they go by WAY TOO FAST for me). I am wondering out loud if a coach of the team at bat has enough time to view the monitor, and eventually send a sign to the batter as to what to expect. I realize that this is extreme, but maybe that is what all pitchers and catchers are worried about. If so, then perhaps we do away with the centerfield camera, and go back to the ‘behind the plate’ view. Like I said, just wondering.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:33:24 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9963this has been driving me crazy throughout the playoffs. the worst are Burnett and Molina.
I know you think no rule is needed, but even in high school we had a 3 trip limit per inning. any trip after 3 forced the team to remove that pitcher. Not saying this is the answer, but the number of trips has really been infuriating. It needs to stop.
Part of the game is being prepared beforehand. what is the sign sequence with a runner on 2nd, etc.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:15:17 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9962Jonny5, sorry, I missed it. Bottom line (and we agree) “Joe Buck Sucks!”
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:59:48 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9961Eric, I guess you didn’t sense my sarcasm??? I am A Phillies Phan to the core and Buck hates the phills, I agree. And he isn’t rooting for the Phillies, never has he been excited when the Phillies won. And when Utley hit that 3 run bomb, Buck was definitely not happy. That’s what I heard.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:59:27 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9960I agree 100%. Bowa is an old manager with an axe to grind who probably likes to see his name in the press. This discussion (with Bowa), as well as the complaining of the frequent mound visits, reminded me that CC and Jorge were going with 3 to 4 signs – as well as mound visits to discuss this – during Game 4 with the bases empty.
This just brings to light the fact that there is no legit reason why Jorge would be doing this. I’d understand if one was for pitch and the other were for location but that wasn’t the case. McCarver even brought this up but like I said before, it was almost like his head was about to explode because he couldn’t comprehend why it was happening.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:46:48 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9959Jamie — I’m not denying that sign stealing could be happening. I just live by a few simple rules in life, and one of those rules is “don’t make your mind up solely on what Larry Bowa says.”
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:45:47 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9958Forgot the link. Here it is.

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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:45:40 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1957#comment-9957I find it funny that Jonny5 doesn’t like Joe Buck for seemingly rooting for the Phillies. Last year, he made no bones about rooting for the Rays, so much so that my favorite sign at the parade was “Joe Buck Sucks!” Feel free to display that sign at Yankee Stadum!
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